Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-30

and thin. showed he had recently uD-
dergone intense physical and mentalsuf-
fering. Heis Nihilist who arrived here
but short time ago in the North-Ger-
man LLOYD steamer Vera. He has
sought temporary asylum in Blocker
street. in the family of n French com
munist His main task Just now Is to
recruit his shattered health. For rea-
sons which will presently appear he
conceals his real name and station In
this interview he is therefore desig-
mated rs NJ. Michaeloif, a good-enough
Russian name. He belonged till re-
Gently to the immediate encourage Of
the Gar, and is a soldier by training
and profession.
ARRESTED AND SENTENCED.
VI. Michaeloff, according TO his story,
became convert to the Nihiiistic creed
several years ago, and belonged to one
Of the military circle" having several
edherents in the Winter Palace II
seems that early last November some
valuable information was given to the
head local Executive circle of the
Nihilists in st. Petersburg, this in
formation being in the nature OF some
| intended changes to be made in the To-
cation of the imperial apartments, rs
well as to the movements of the En-
| peror himself. This information was
communicated to other "circles, and
inthis transmission, by reasono Of slight
oversight, the secretpOlice became aware
| oft. On December 5th last NJ. Michael
eff was arrested and two days later was
sentenced by direct orders of the Gar
to he transported forthwith to the Ye
niseisk district in Siberia. While on
the way to Moscow the prisoner es-
capped As it would implicate several
others still resident in Russia, NJ.
lichaelOff declines to diyulge the exact
particulars of his escape and OF his fur
tbor fight across the Russo-Austrian
frontier After reaching Cracow he
had nogreat difficulty communicating
with friends in Paris, and from them
he obtained some funds and letters to
aid him in reaching New York. The
refugee, speaking of the doings of his
| Nihilistic brethren and of the recent ex-
| PLOTS of his late master, the Gar, said,
in fluent French, to the Hcr0H re-
porter
NIHGLIsTs AT WORK.
at is mistake of the English and
American press to suppose that the revo-
lutionary party in Russia hes been idle
of late The fact is that the press cen
sorship has, during the past four
months. T., since the beginning OF
this Bulgarian squabble-been of such
Daconian severity as has never been
known, even in Russia. Private mail
| and dispatches have alike been scrut-
nized with Argus eyes, and the least
reference to anything Objectionable has
been deemed sufficient to destroy the
| letter or the message. Were it not
80 it would be incxplicable how
recent sensational news from st. Pc
tcrsburg could he SO completely sur
dressed. The Nihilists have never been
better organized nor have they had
more powerful and influential allies in
| government circles than now. predict
that before another six months are gone
Alexander III. will have followed his
fathcr-a much better and ADLER man
into the grave, or else there will have
been a revolutionary uprising and he
will have been dcthroned
COUNT EEUTERN.
You've heard the story here, too,
OF the assassination of Count Rcutern,
TN Imperial aid-de-camp, by the Gar.
Ven. that story, although widely and
repeatedly denied through the influence
Of the Russian Government, was per-
fcctly true. The Gar shot him dead
on the spot, just as the officer was on
the point Of handing him letter. And
what Is more, Count Reutcn belonged
to Us, and the Gar had been warned
against him 10y Count Tolstoi. Al
though extraordinary pains were taken
to keep the deed secret, it became
known in ST. Petersburg. Right in the
wake of this occurrence followed IN III
vestiaation. ordered and assisted by the
Gar. The victims who were gathered
in by the police and who wcre-without
previous trial, in the administrative
way-mbsequcutly exiled to Eastern
Siberia were the following Count Ie-
boloff, Baron Maximieit, Counsellor
Abilicn head of the passport bureau),
Worshitzky, and hladine, the last two
belonging to the imperial household.
Several others in the plot were not dis
covered 10y the police, and two Of them
are still in Jail in the Russian capital
There were many more with us in the
great enterprise, which proved abortiye
at that time, but as they had been as
signed different r0icS their names
did not transpire and they are safe as
yet. But a great plot Is brewing at
present. The Nihilists are not alone
more numerous in st. Petersburg than
ever, but are also better organized and
better equipped with all needed means
TO make their moves during the coming
six months successful. 1t would be be-
traying the cause to speak more def
nitely than have done at this
juncture.'
TIE ATTACK On vJ1LLAUMR.
" What about the Gar? Is his tenn
per really so violent and ferocious rs
has been said occasionally? And does |
he really drink 50 hard ?" queried the |
reporter.
1.-The Emperor is a confirmed, hope |
less slave to liquor, and he has had |
spells for months past which / under
stand to he premonitory signs of Dr.
HriUm tremens Since the relations
between Germany and Russia have
ceased to be strained, at least for the
time being, the official press in Germany
has taken great pains to deny the news
published at first, without Bismarck
interference, of q brutal attack made
by Alexander Iii. upon the mill
tary dtfdchc Of the German embassy }
III st. Petersburg Colonel Vuillaume,
but that report, too, was true 1t is
said that in his first anger this German
officer, gallant soldier, came near re-
taliating, and had already made a
motion toward the Russian
sovereign, when he was pulled back and
hurried off the scene by others who
stood near him at the time. This incl
dent happened at the time when
war between Russia and Germany
seemed probable, a short time before
my. arrest, and the Gar was at
that particular moment ugly with